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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it in the beginning of Part III?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1548.

2. How long have Alobar and Kudra spent living in the caves?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Seven years.

3. What techniques do Alobar and Kudra practice that are necessary to a long life?
(a) Breathing and bathing.
(b) Sleeping and moving.
(c) Eating and drinking.
(d) Exercise and sleeping.

4. Why is Pan in Paris at the beginning of Part III?
(a) To travel to America.
(b) For Descartes' funeral.
(c) To find Lalo.
(d) To visit Alobar.

5. Which character says, "A pox on squabbling lovers"?
(a) Lalo.
(b) Kudra.
(c) Pan.
(d) Alobar.

6. What is the name of the prostitute that Alobar negotiates with?
(a) Lalo.
(b) Frol.
(c) Pan.
(d) Kudra.

7. Alobar and Kudra are students and practitioners of what?
(a) The Kabala.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Kama Sutra.

8. Where is Priscilla's husband from?
(a) France.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Ireland.

9. Which character is Priscilla's father?
(a) Gerald Kimble.
(b) Ross Anderson.
(c) Wally Lifter.
(d) Jose Miguel.

10. What arrives in the FedEx package for Priscilla?
(a) A beet.
(b) A flower.
(c) An invitation.
(d) Jasmine oil.

11. Who goes to Stockholm to tutor the queen?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Matisse.

12. How old is Priscilla when she marries?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Eighteen.

13. What does Kudra see in her vision?
(a) A black man with a hat of bees.
(b) A genius waitress.
(c) The city of New Orleans.
(d) A space needle.

14. Where does Alobar find a place for Kudra to sleep after he first sees her in the mountains?
(a) A castle.
(b) A riverbed.
(c) A stable.
(d) A cave.

15. Where did Priscilla's father live?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kudra's father use beets for?

2. What does Alobar nickname Kudra many years ago?

3. Among fowl, which does the author claim would wear a jester's hat?

4. Where does Alobar say he is going to find the masters who have powers over death?

5. Which character do the police arrest in Part III?

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